New Crockpot Recipe

I'm posting a new Crockpot Recipe we tried over the weekend. Our good friends, Chris & Misty put in hard wood floors at their house so I took over dinner while Jeff and Chris went to work. Misty painted her front door black, looks awesome... and the kids jumped on the trampoline for hours!

I also hope everyone had a wonderful Easter Weekend. Jeff and I were both off on Friday and he was busy helping a friend move and his mom put up a new Basketball goal! It was a hit with the kids...we played "horse" about 3 times! Grammy has game too and Brooke loved every minute of it!

With a fun and busy weekend, this recipe was easy & delicious!
Crockpot Mexican Chicken Tacos
1 can Mexi Corn, drained
1 can regular Corn, drained
1 can Black Beans, drained and rinsed
Jar of your favorite Salsa (I used Picante Thick & Chunky)
4 to 5 Frozen Chicken Breast
Cream Cheese
Rosa's Fresh Flour Tortillas

Take Frozen Chicken Breast from freezer to Crockpot (do not thaw)
Add canned (drained) ingredients and stir. Cover with lid and cook on High for 4 to 5hours until chicken is cooked. Add Cream Cheese and cook for another 10 minutes until melted. The chicken will be very tender so you can take a fork and shred it while stirring the cream cheese.

Serve with tortillas, cheese, guacamole and fresh Cilantro.

Jeff was very proud of Blaine's Roping and Goat Ribbon Race. He came in first in this event!

Goat Ribbon Event from Jana Henry on Vimeo.

Jr Range Riders Rodeo

We are excited to participate in this year's Jr Range Riders Rodeo, our first! They have Poles, Barrells, Break-away roping and Goat Tying. We will attempt the goat tying but we have not practiced in over a year. This is the one event Brooke will "allow" Henry to participate:
1) he's lazy and she wants to go fast....fast...fast... - and -
2) Brooke can jump off him and he'll stand there until she's done and can climb back on

The rodoe is on Sunday at 2:00. Buckles go to the highest points in each age group and then prizes for 1-3. Blaine will be participating too...I will run him around each event on Henry. He is very excited!

Have a great week!

Bushland Bound

We discovered higher than expected cost with our 20 acres in Canyon. Just to bring electricity down the road 1/4 mile was over the top ($7 grand). So we opted out of that!

We just put a contract on 10 acres in Bushland off Quail Springs in Outpost Ranches. We are excited to be one of 4 homes on this street that are 10 acres each and our neighbor to the south has a barn and horses too. We are close to the end of the cul-de-sac, which will be great for kids riding their bikes...not that I expect much of that from Brooke.

Diamond, Henry & Paizley "Blaze" will be excited to see some land and get away from "stall" life at Range Riders. It's been a blessing to have that as an option this winter but they are spoiled rotten and feeling way too FRISKY! We almost had a "HENRY" Rodeo when he decided to dang near jump the fence because he thought I was leaving him in the round pen! Spoiled I tell you, Henry is just a pet and if you ever want to get rid of apples, come on out and watch him eat one in a single bite!

What a week!

It's been a crazy busy week already but really happy to report that Jeff is coming home for a Safety Meeting on Friday and will be off all weekend. They ended up working last Saturday so they'll have this weekend off and work all next weekend. I'll be glad when weekends are over! Brooke has lots of Rodeo opportunities coming up so we'll get ready to practice! This Friday is Open Arena at Range Riders if anyone wants to come out and watch!




Here's a picture of the land we're hoping to get! It's 4 miles South of Canyon by the New High School off the Old Buffalo Lake Road (FM 283). It's paved and the other road that leads to the Junior High is also paved road so we really like the area. The land is 1/4 mile off FM 283 and on a caliche road (like sand/rock based) and just glad it's not MUD!

A few Mesquite Trees...and already fenced!

This weekend will be focused on the house plans and land and playtime next weekend! Lots of fun birthdays next weekend! My beautiful nephew Cash will be turning 2 and the little Campbell "McAdorable" is turning ONE!

"Love is in the Air. My Heart, My Story" Contest by Amarillo National Bank!

It’s so great of ANB to do this and be the HEART of Amarillo! Check out their Valentine's Contest at www.anb.com.

What a great family that's held ANB together all these 100 so years. They put a HUGE HEART in the center of downtown last year and took family pictures for people last Valentine's Day. This year, they are having a contest...so creative! Doubt I make it but it got me thinking...what's my Love Story… I guess you can say it was more of a Love Connection!

My mother divorced after 10 or so years of marriage to Jim (2 of those years they were separated) we moved to Amarillo my senior year. My cousin, Jeremy, introduced me to Jeff one night! I never had a steady boyfriend before and was so timid at first…we became friends that fell in love and after 4 years of dating, we became one! My Nanny would always joke w/ me because if we were ever in a room together we had to be touching….hands, feet or I’d be sitting in his lap…..it was just comfortable being around him.

What I loved most about our connection is we were both ready to be in love and it was forever with us. We both grew up without our Dads (his dad passed away from Cancer when he was 3) and we were both raised by our Mom’s …it’s because of our Mom’s…that we are both in love today. The pastor that married us was the same man that married his Mom & Dad…35 years ago. His name was Strauss and later married his brother. That’s a connection that is deep inside us.

Love to us is about family, working hard, laughing and having fun and it’s forever!
Happy Valentine's Day everyone! What's your love story?

There's a new "donut" in town!

Well, nothing says "GOOD MORNING" like a Donut and good cup of caffeine! Before the new year, we started going to this new Donut and Bakery. They are not your "typical" donut either....lots of variety so if you like your "DONUT STOP" daily donut....don't come here....you won't be able to handle it! Ha!

Jeff's favorite is the Jalapeno Kolache w/ cheese wrapped in a homemade Croissant....yeah...this can be w/ or w/o Jalapeno too!

Brooke and I love the Glazed Potato Cake donut....so moist you won't believe your taste buds. We think of this as our "healthy" donut..if there is such a thing! My 2nd choice would have to be the sourdough blueberry donut..I can't even eat a Donut Stop Blueberry donut now....

Blaine's favorite is the strawberry glazed donuts...ooh la la.

Valentine Special - Strawberry Cake, Heart Cupcakes or my choice....Heart Shaped Strawberry Glazed Donuts!